Miri Oil Repair

[Mike McCreery]

I am gonna do some math here, check me if I am wrong.

Miri has 150 damaged oil resource centers. Assuming the intent is to repair these oil centers it would take 150,000 supplies and approximately 5 months. As they are repaired there would be some yield. I am using really basic numbers here.

Assuming 30 days in a month there would be some residual benefit for the 5 months of repair.

Starting in January and skipping over the residual oil in between the months. In February there would be 30 additional Oil resources producing 300 oil per day or 9,000 oil per month. February would be 18,000 extra per month, March would be 27,000, April 36,000 and May 45,000 extra oil resource produced. Adding these numbers up we get 135,000 extra oil from Miri through May 1942.

If the oil resource could be held through May of 1943 it would yield an additional 547,500 additional oil.

So the investment would be 150,000 supplies and the yield potentially approximately 550,000 units of oil.

Do you think the investment would be worth it? Why or why not. The answers do not have to be based only on the numbers but the likelyhood it is possible.

[RangerJoe]

I am gonna do some math here, check me if I am wrong.

Miri has 150 damaged oil resource centers. Assuming the intent is to repair these oil centers it would take 150,000 supplies and approximately 5 months. As they are repaired there would be some yield. I am using really basic numbers here.

Assuming 30 days in a month there would be some residual benefit for the 5 months of repair.

Starting in January and skipping over the residual oil in between the months. In February there would be 30 additional Oil resources producing 300 oil per day or 9,000 oil per month. February would be 18,000 extra per month, March would be 27,000, April 36,000 and May 45,000 extra oil resource produced. Adding these numbers up we get 135,000 extra oil from Miri through May 1942.

If the oil resource could be held through May of 1943 it would yield an additional 547,500 additional oil.

So the investment would be 150,000 supplies and the yield potentially approximately 550,000 units of oil.

Do you think the investment would be worth it? Why or why not. The answers do not have to be based only on the numbers but the likelyhood it is possible.

Yes, it is worth it. The HI needs fuel from the oil and resources to make supplies. Do the math, you will find that it is profitable for that alone.

When the oil is refined, not only will it produce fuel but also supplies unless someone has changed that in the editor for a modification. Do the math, you will find it profitable.

[Mike McCreery]

The oil converts to 495,000 fuel and 55K supplies so already 1/3rd of the investment is paid back.

Assuming we can come up with the almost 5 million extra resources to utilize the fuel... it will produce about 495,000 supplies as well. So far beyond the investment if it can be held.

[821Bobo]

Did you add into your calculations Allied player? If Miri is within vicinity of Allied bombers and your opponent is any decent, it is waste of supplies.

[Mike McCreery]

Did you add into your calculations Allied player? If Miri is within vicinity of Allied bombers and your opponent is any decent, it is waste of supplies.

It is Day 2 of the war, December 10, 1941. I have not faced this opponent before.

He has had limited ability to differentiate himself yet in the game but already seems competent. I will have to secure and hold the SRA up to 1/2 way through 43 to meet the goal.

No idea whether it can/will happen yet but finding out is the fun part!!

[RangerJoe]

Did you add into your calculations Allied player? If Miri is within vicinity of Allied bombers and your opponent is any decent, it is waste of supplies.

It is Day 2 of the war, December 10, 1941. I have not faced this opponent before.
The war starts on the 7th of December so either your date is wrong or a couple more turns have passed.

He has had limited ability to differentiate himself yet in the game but already seems competent. I will have to secure and hold the SRA up to 1/2 way through 43 to meet the goal.

No idea whether it can/will happen yet but finding out is the fun part!!

If you can, consider bringing a CVE into the hex for CAP. Also, bring in some AAA with radar and/or searchlights plus lots of engineers. Use float planes at night for a disruptive CAP. That is, they should interfere with the bombers, Petes usually should be fine. Don't forget an ASW TF plus aerial support.

It is usually better to wait until you can punish the Dutch and other Allied air forces in the area as well as push the enemy back before capturing Miri and Brunei. That goes for other oil production centers as well.

Also, repair the oil before the refineries are repaired. You have excess refining capacity plus the extra oil at Brunei. The fuel will go to Brunei where it can be loaded at a larger port while Miri will attract the oil which can be loaded there.

The oil won't spoil but the fuel will, the engineers can build up the base to hold more fuel. If the excess oil beyond a certain amount is not removed, then the oil quits producing until the amount of oil decreases below that threshold.

I hope that these suggestions help.

[Chris21wen]

Did you add into your calculations Allied player? If Miri is within vicinity of Allied bombers and your opponent is any decent, it is waste of supplies.

He did say basic numbers, so yes it's worth it.